PRESS RELEASE: Why Mexican fish swim the “Mexican wave”
PRESS RELEASE by Science of Intelligence and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) 21 December 2021 PAPER: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01654-7 It is a fascinating phenomenon: thousands of fish moving like a giant Mexican wave in the water, diving down and coming back to the surface over and over again for up to two minutes. While humans engage in
NEWS! SCIoI PI Ralph Hertwig appointed scientific expert of the German government’s Covid19 commission
As reported on Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (www.rnd.de), the new federal government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has set up a council of scientific experts to address the Covid19 pandemic.The expert commission includes, among others, well known chief virologist at the Charité Christian Drosten, Hendrik Streeck (head of the Virological Institute at the University Hospital in Bonn), Lothar Wieler (head of
NEWS! Richard Schweitzer wins Humboldt Preis 2021 for his work on visual perception
We are very proud to announce that our member Richard Schweitzer, who works on SCIoI Project 23, just won the Humboldt Prize 2021 for his dissertation on „Perceptual and Motor Consequences of Intra-saccadic Perception.“ Here is Richard Schweitzer's statement, published on the HU website: "We usually think of visual perception in terms of taking a photo of our environment.
NEW! Video of SCIoI at MitWissenschaft event now online
So you've missed the MitWissenschaft event, the panel talk organized in conjunction with the Humboldt Lab exhibition and featuring Jens Krause, Lea Musiolek, and Pawel Romanczuk? Not to worry! The video of the event is now online and you can see it here!
INTERVIEW: Luis Gómez on collective behavior and being a researcher at SCIoI
Luis Gómez is a postdoctoral researcher at Science of Intelligence, working in the research group of Pawel Romanczuk. Together with doctoral researcher Robert Lange and PI Henning Sprekeler, he focuses on quantifying and modelling collective behavior of fish living in their natural environment. We asked him about his project and his academic life at SCIoI, and
NEW PAPER OUT! Decision-making in adolescents
We make decisions all the time, from simple ones such as what to make for dinner to more complex ones, such as whether or not to take a new job. To do so, we use the different decision-making strategies, which make use of our past experiences and of our knowledge about the world. Some of these strategies require
What does the swarm know? Collective intelligence explained at the HU Lab’s MitWissenschaft Event
As part of the events linked to the exhibition Nach der Natur at the Humboldt Forum, on 25 November at 7pm cluster members Jens Krause, Lea Musiolek, and Pawel Romanczuk will take part in an exciting discussion on the meaning, the study, and the challenges of collective intelligence, bringing great examples and fascinating materials. How do
APPLY NOW! Check out our 11 research positions and apply by 25 Nov!
WE ARE HIRING! We are very excited to announce that the 11 research Phd and Postdoc positions for the upcoming cohort 4 of Science of Intelligence are now officially open and online! Click here to see all positions. Start getting your application documents ready, and make sure to send everything in by 25 November! We are looking forward to your
New joint experiment by SCIoI and MPIB on swarm intelligence and decision-making at the Humboldt Labor
Great news from the Humboldt Labor! In addition to the already existing exhibition Nach der Natur, which features SCIoI through videos and installations, the Humboldt Lab also just inaugurated the SCIoI-MPIB joint experiment on individual and collective decision-making processes by our member Ralf Kurvers, which playfully investigates how visitors make judgments and how they incorporate the judgments of others.